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  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 14, 2015
Democratic Club says goodbye for summer

Longboat Key Democrats gathered for the final Democratic Club meeting of the season on April 14.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
A hearing today in U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May’s courtroom involves reviewing sanctions for Colony Lender LLC.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 14, 2015
Colony Lender’s appeal denied

An appeal by Colony Lender LLC to postpone a 3 p.m. hearing today in Tampa was denied. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May will discuss appropriate sanctions for Colony Lender in his courtroom today.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Town Clerk Trish Granger provides the rundown for the May 12 special density mail-ballot only referendum ballot.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 14, 2015
Referendum rundown: You’ve got mail

A special density mail-only ballot referendum May 12 is the first of its kind for Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Rev. Norman Pritchard calls the expansion of Christ Church and his congregation’s willingness to fundraise for church acquisition “quite amazing.”
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 13, 2015
Christ Church expands footprint

Christ Church of Longboat Key, Presbyterian, was in dire need of more parking spaces, so it’s congregation approved buying an office building next door.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
A Bradenton man was pronounced dead at the scene of a car crash on Gulf of Mexico Drive near Pattigeorges restaurant, 4120 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 13, 2015
Car crash fatality on GMD

A head-on collision near Pattigeorges restaurant Sunday night resulted in the death of one man and sent another man to the hospital with a concussion.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 12, 2015
Bay Isles Beach Club catches one last wave

Bay Isles Beach Club members gathered one final time for the season on April 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 12, 2015
Sanctuary rides off into the sunset

Sanctuary residents said farewell until fall at the residence’s end-of-season party on April 12.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 11, 2015
Local artists show off their talent

Area artists displayed their proudest work at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts’ Florida Artists Group opening on April 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 11, 2015
Lido Beach gets jazzy

The Lido Key Residents Association held its inaugural big band concert on April 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
Mark Walsh, vice president of Ocean Properties, right, and Andy Berger, vice president of operations for Ocean Properties, have been making weekly trips to Longboat Key from Delray Beach to present a rough sketch of a future Key Club project.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 10, 2015
$100 million Key Club project takes shape

A new Longboat Key Club project consists of a 259-unit hotel and 93 condominiums and villa units, all located to the south of a reshaped Longboat Club Road.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 10, 2015
Republican Club welcomes new leadership

Longboat Key Republican Club held its final meeting of the season on April 10.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 9, 2015
Bird Key Yacht Club is en pointe

Ballet was the night’s theme at the art opening at Bird Key Yacht Club on April 9. Tim Jaeger displayed his paintings of Sarasota dancers.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 9, 2015
St. Mary kicks up its boots

The Men’s Club of St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church wrangled up the community for its fifth annual Cowboy Cookout on April 9.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The estate is 5,126 square feet.
    By
  • Kristen Herhold
  • April 9, 2015
Longboat Key home sells for $3.2

The 5,126-square-foot home sold April 3.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
Commissioner Pat Zunz believe there’s value in having town dispatchers on the island that know the ins and outs of the island’s roads.
    By
  • Kurt Schultheis
  • April 9, 2015
Zunz can speak up on dispatch discussion

The Florida Commission on Ethics ruled Longboat Key Commissioner Pat Zunz can participate in future discussions about Longboat Key police dispatch.

  • Longboat Key
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